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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Robert L. Cantrell, Herndon, VA (US);
John P. Thompson, Bentonville, AR (US);
David C. Winkle, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Michael D. Atchley, Springdale, AR (US);
Donald R. High, Noel, MO (US);
Todd D. Mattingly, Bentonville, AR (US);
John J. O'Brien, Farmington, AR (US);
John F. Simon, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Nathan G. Jones, Bentonville, AR (US);
Robert C. Taylor, Charlotte, NC (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for field monitoring. A system for field monitoring comprises a plurality of types of sensor modules, an unmanned vehicle comprising a sensor system, and a control circuit configured to: receive onboard sensor data from the sensor system of the unmanned vehicle, detect an alert condition at a monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, select one or more types of sensor modules from the plurality of types of sensor modules to deploy at the monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, and cause the unmanned vehicle and/or one or more other unmanned vehicles to transport one or more sensor modules of the one or more types of sensor modules to the monitored area and deploy the one or more sensor modules by detaching from the one or more sensor modules at the monitored area.